scrapper

Other forms of scrapper

plural

scrappers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scrapper

What does scrapper mean?

scrapper means "someone who fights (or is fighting)".

How many syllables are in scrapper?

scrapper has 2 syllables and divides as scrap-per under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for scrapper?

Close synonyms include combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scrapper a common word?

scrapper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.